1) For the best fit on the fabric, you will need to cut your scrap or controlled color  strips 1 3/4 inches wide, selvage to selvage.	2) I have tried other widths and you have a lot of waste with any size strip more narrow or more wide when using 44 inch wide fabric.  This width of strip makes your "strip set" (five strips sewn together) come out to 6 3/4" wide with a 1/4" seam allowance.
3) This is a diagram of the 44" wide fabric, and the five cuts you will get across the fabric. You do have a little waste at the end. ( but this scrap makes a neat second quilt or binding!)  I will show you how to cut this in a later step. Your strip set, if sewn with accurate 1/4" seam allowances, should measure 6 3/4" wide. They may be a little shorter or wider, depending on the "size" of your 1/4" seam allowance, and some take up for when you press over the seams. Yes, it doesn't sound like those things would make a big difference, but when you have four seams worth, it does.
4) This is one of those few quilts where you can have a "personal" strip size and it will work out okay.  You just want all the strips sets to measure the same width!	5) Just measure your strips set width when you are done sewing and use that measurement for cutting the part Y, or the whole wide strip for the plain half.

6) If you are using a controlled color set, you will need five fabrics.  Cut as many fabric strips as you will need for your quilt size.   (chart follows)
7)  If you are using a scrappy color set, you will just cut as many strips as you need from as many fabrics as you have. You can repeat color strips if necessary, but it really looks nice if you have many different fabrics.  Cut as many fabric strips as you will need for your quilt size.   (chart follows)
8) Hints for Scrappy: If you are using a light whole triangle, use medium scraps.  Really dark strips in a mostly medium set tend to stand out uncomfortably, so try to stick with one color value. If you are using a dark whole triangle, use light to medium scraps.  Really dark strips in dark full triangle tend to disappear, so try to stick to the medium and lighter color range for your scraps here.	9) Hints for controlled color strips: Remember that a "controlled" color strip set means that the fabrics are the same fabric in the same position on each strip set. You can go for an "Amish" color look if using a black or dark light whole triangle. Hand dyed gradations would look stunning!

10) Scrappy quilt.... Read across --->

Quilt size	Blocks across	Blocks down	Total blocks	Quilt size without borders	Number of scrap strips to cut 1 3/4"	Number of strip sets to piece
Wall  quilt	4 blocks	4 blocks	16 blocks	36"x 36"	20	4
Baby quilt	4 blocks	5 blocks	20 blocks	36" x 45"	20	4
Large wall quilt	4 blocks	6 blocks	24 blocks	36" x 54"	25	5
Lap throw	6 blocks	8 blocks	48 blocks	54" x 72"	50	10
Twin quilt	6 blocks	10 blocks	60 blocks	54" x 90"	60	12
Double quilt	8 blocks	10 blocks	80 blocks	72"x 90"	80	16
Queen quilt	10 blocks	12 blocks	120 blocks	90" x 108"	120	24
King quilt	12 blocks	12 blocks	144 blocks	108" x 108"	144	29
Fabric for plain side see below chart, far right column.
**  This all assumes that you are getting 5 blocks cut per strip set.  If you are not getting 5 blocks per strip set, you will have to adjust the amount of strips accordinately. **

11) Five different fabrics throughout quilt (controlled)

Controlled version number of strips you need...	Read across --->	Read across --->	All of the above will be the same EXCEPT you need yardage of each fabric.	Fabric for part Y, the plain side...
Wall Quilt	16 blocks	5 different fabrics	1/2 yard of each fabric	1 yard
Baby Quilt	20 blocks	5 different fabrics	1/2 yard of each fabric	1 yard
Large Wall Quilt or crib	24 blocks	5 different fabrics	1/2 yard of each fabric	1 1/2 yards
Lap Quilt	48 blocks	5 different fabrics	1 yard of each fabric	2 1/4 yards
Twin Quilt	60 blocks	5 different fabrics	1 yard of each fabric	3 1/4 yards
Double Quilt	80 blocks	5 different fabrics	1 1/4 yard of each fabric	4 1/4 yards
Queen Quilt	120 blocks	5 different fabrics	1  1/2 yard of each fabric	5 1/4 yards
King Quilt	144 blocks	5 different fabrics	1 3/4 yard of each fabric	7 yards
** Yardage is generous in event of crooked cuts, mistakes, shrinkage...  **

Now on to the directions page 3... but first... get up... walk around for a few minutes, head for the bathroom to get rid of that big glass of water you drank...  then proceed...
 

One Day Quilt Frenzy main page

Page 1 Main Sunshine and Shadows Page

Page 2 Fabric requirements (here)

Page 3 Sewing the fabric tube

Page 4 Cutting the strips on the 45

Page 5 Non-tube method using squares of fabric

Page 6 Some of my quilts